Consultant (6 months, home-based): JSP data visualization, Country Relations, Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP)

UNICEF works in a number of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived kids. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each youngster, in all places, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means quit. 

For each youngster, hope

The Nationwide Committee Relations oversees the Joint Strategic Plans (JSPs) with 33 Nationwide Committees. Joint Strategic Plans (JSPs) are collectively developed and mutually agreed between UNICEF and every Nationwide Committee. The JSPs set out multi-year aims, objectives and methods for the Nationwide Committee, in addition to how UNICEF will assist implementation.

The JSP necessities and the JSP course of are anchored within the Cooperation Settlement (CA) between UNICEF and every Nationwide Committee. The CA designates the JSP as important and as necessary to make sure that the operations and actions of the Nationwide Committee (and any associated entities) are deliberate collaboratively with UNICEF with agreed UNICEF assist, inside the parameters of and aligned with the CA, and in alignment with the Personal Sector Useful resource Mobilization Plans 2022-25 and UNICEF coverage and priorities, to supply the framework for delivering the most effective outcomes for youngsters.

How are you going to make a distinction? 

This project focuses on the event of dashboards, visuals and different instruments to consolidate and pull knowledge from UNICEF’s inside JSP methods, monetary programs, and recurring personal sector reviews. The deliverables of this project are anticipated to enhance the capability of the Nationwide Committee Relations’ group to successfully monitor the implementation of the JSP in addition to allow Nationwide Committees to entry knowledge that strengthens their personal sector fundraising and advocacy engagement.

Total Work Assignments Overview

The implementation of this contract shall be based mostly on deliverables over a 6 month interval. The service supplier will work with the Relationship Crew in PFP’s Nationwide Committee Relations part to design and develop key dashboards. The information visualizations may also be accompanied with the next info:

• Total workplan for the event of the completely different dashboards inside an agreed upon timeline
• Storyboards reflecting the information visualization wants
• PowerBI templates and elements which are adaptable, updatable and reusable
• Widespread design/person interface for navigating by way of the information
• Coaching presentation on the dashboard use, knowledge availability and navigation
• Tremendous-user guide specifying knowledge sources, hyperlinks and many others. in every dashboard to allow UNICEF to take care of the dashboard

The recognized knowledge visualization wants are specified within the desk under and could also be expanded relying on key wants arising from the sphere detailed right here after.

Work Assignments Overview & Deliverables            

31 January 2024

Dashboard Growth Workplan, Knowledge Supply Matrix and Enterprise Intelligence Case

• In collaboration with the Nationwide Committee Relationship Crew, develop a workplan for improvement of the dashboards in addition to matrix of information sources, enterprise intelligence use-case, and story-boarding for every of the dashboards indicated within the listing under.        

1 April 2024

Draft Mock-up of Energy-BI Dashboards       

• Develop draft Energy BI mock-ups of every of the dashboards listed under (Dashboards 1-4).             

15 Might 2024

Closing Dashboard 1: Nationwide Committee and Personal Sector Fundraising Overview Dashboard

• Dynamic dashboards and templates that present an outline of Nationwide Committee engagement in Personal Sector Fundraising and Advocacy. Highlights key contributions of NatComs to UNICEF in useful resource mobilization and Baby Rights advocacy. Gives dwell replace of success tales, funds raised, advocacy info from Nationwide Committees.                     

Closing Dashboard 2: JSP Monitoring Dashboard

• Dynamic dashboards and templates that allow UNICEF workers to watch the implementation of the Joint Strategic Plans (JSP). It will embrace pulling interactive monetary knowledge, consolidating reviews which are unfold throughout completely different dashboards, creating world monitoring view and a view that’s particular to every Nationwide Committee. It will embrace interactive maps, charts, graphs, tables, factsheets and many others. The dashboard shall be linked to each inside UNICEF database in addition to exterior sources. Workers ought to be capable to export dashboards to Excel, PowerPoint presentation format, embed in web sites, and use the weather in reporting or shows.             

Closing Dashboard 3: Nationwide Committee Grants Administration Dashboard

• Dynamic dashboards and templates that allow Nationwide Committee and UNICEF workers to view Nationwide Committee supported grants and their related particulars (e.g. donor identify, nation of programme implementation, whole funding, utilization, reporting dates, begin and finish dates and many others.). In-built analytics that allow key choice making from UNICEF workers: For instance in constructed evaluation and filters that spotlight upcoming expiring grants to allow workers and Nationwide Committees to have interaction in donor negotiations if extensions are required.                

Closing Dashboard 4: Nation Workplace Profile and Useful resource Mobilization Wants Dashboards        

• Dashboard that displays an outline of UNICEF nation workplaces (profile) and is ready to present key monetary gaps of their fundraising wants, display main donors (each private and non-private). The intention of this dashboard is to allow UNICEF and Nationwide Committees to raised perceive the useful resource mobilization wants and gaps in nation workplaces to facilitate focused fundraising.

Coaching and documentation on updating developed PowerBI Dashboards         

• Host a coaching workshop for related colleagues on easy methods to preserve dashboards in the long run.
• Develop detailed documentation on Energy BI knowledge sources, APIs to assist preserve knowledge in the long run.      

Further concerns 

Viewers

• The customers of the information primarily supposed to be UNICEF PFP and Nationwide Committee workers conducting evaluation on the standing of the JSP, grants administration and useful resource mobilization wants for choice making
• Key messages shall be targeted on availability of consolidated knowledge from completely different sources introduced in a structured format for additional evaluation
• Customers ought to have the ability make the most of filters to create customized views of the out there knowledge 
• Knowledge format ought to be clear, compelling and simple to grasp with out a complicated data of PowerBi
• Overview knowledge also needs to be used to advocate for the function of personal sector useful resource mobilization in UNICEF

Knowledge

• Nearly all of knowledge sources will come from UNICEF’s inside knowledge base by way of the usage of APIs which are already constructed into UNICEF’s system for knowledge extractions.
• Knowledge from exterior sources will fluctuate.

Strategic Concerns 

• The information visualization contractor will work with the unit to develop a quick Enterprise Necessities Doc that may spotlight the use circumstances for every of the dashboards in addition to the information factors that must be built-in
• The first use of the information shall be for efficiency administration, nonetheless components of visible storytelling and visible discovery shall be welcome

Branding/Design/Look and Really feel

• Dashboards ought to have a clear, harmonized and intuitive feel and look to allow navigation and visible discovery.
• Dashboards also needs to clearly point out essential knowledge that may drive choice making and monitoring.
• Visuals ought to be harmonized with UNICEF model.

Growth & Logistics

• It’s anticipated that the dashboards (as soon as developed) shall be used incessantly and routinely by UNICEF in the course of the present 12 months and subsequent years.
• Knowledge ought to be auto up to date based mostly on the APIs and integration with exterior knowledge factors.
• In the long run UNICEF ought to be positioned to handle the upkeep of the dashboards and would require a superuser guide to make sure that assist and upkeep may be managed in-house.
• The Programme Implementation Unit will oversee and approve the dashboards, however will embrace consultations with goal areas and divisions.

Know-how

• The dashboards should be developed in Energy BI format.
• The dashboards ought to be capable to combine on-line platforms.

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you’ll have… 

Schooling:

• A sophisticated college diploma (Grasp’s or increased) in Statistics, Economics, Arithmetic, Knowledge Evaluation and Knowledge Visualization or associated discipline is required. Alternatively, a first College Diploma (Bachelor’s diploma) in a related discipline mixed with 2 further years {of professional} expertise could also be accepted in lieu of an Superior College Diploma.

Expertise:

• A minimal of 5 years of related skilled in designing and customizing knowledge visualizations in Energy BI is required.
• Information and understanding of story-telling utilizing knowledge visualization instruments and methods is required.

• Information, understanding and expertise with UN/ UNICEF’s knowledge structure and knowledge visualization necessities is required.
• In depth data and expertise in Enterprise Intelligence (BI) topic areas, merchandise & instruments are required.
• Information of use circumstances of varied enterprise intelligence options to facilitate choice making is an asset.
• Information of integration of a number of knowledge sources, databases, enterprise purposes and Net companies utilizing Energy BI is necessary.
• Robust Experience in knowledge visualization and design utilizing PowerBI platforms to make knowledge clear and comprehensible for a wide range of audiences is required.
• Robust communication abilities with means to work together and communicate with enterprise stakeholders is required

Language:

• Fluency in English is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset.

For each Baby, you display… 

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Remarks:  

Please point out within the software your all-inclusive (lump sum) charges in USD towards the deliverables listed above, If there’s a want for enterprise journey, the journey prices shall be lined by UNICEF individually. The workplace selects the person based mostly on greatest worth for cash.

[1] Prices indicated are estimated. Closing price shall observe the “greatest worth for cash” precept, i.e., reaching the specified consequence on the lowest doable price. Consultants shall be requested to stipulate all-inclusive charges, together with lump sum journey and subsistence prices, as relevant.

Cost {of professional} charges shall be based mostly on submission of agreed deliverables. UNICEF reserves the precise to withhold fee in case the deliverables submitted are less than the required normal or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the a part of the marketing consultant.

Solely shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. 

People engaged beneath a consultancy or particular person contract won’t be thought-about “workers members” beneath the Workers Laws and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages offered therein (similar to depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service shall be ruled by their contract and the Basic Circumstances of Contracts for the Companies of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are accountable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the fee of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical health insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for all the interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met previous to taking on the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and should not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or immediately work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF during their consultancy contracts. 

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our world workforce should mirror the variety of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.

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